Central and federal government

2018-07-06 Taking measures to protect employees from workplace accidents seems like an obvious need today, but that was not always the case. Less than half a century ago, there was no Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Workers’ compensation laws were...

2018-06-15 For many years, one of the biggest challenges faced in tax administration was figuring out how to capture the data needed to effectively assess and collect taxes owed to the government. Over the last 25 years, the advent of electronic...

2018-05-31 It wasn’t too long ago that most government agencies used a simple strategy to keep citizens compliant with things like paying taxes, appearing for jury duty or maintaining licenses: remind them of the consequences they could incur if they didn’t...

2018-05-29 Now that this year’s tax-filing season has come to an end, it occurs to me that for all the efforts to simplify this process, the ecosystem that supports a tax system must continually adapt to the changing elements in its...